Dr. Ondene van Dulm

Institute: Eastern Institute of Technology

Position: Executive Director, Student and Academic Services

Ondene’s teaching and research at Stellenbosch University in South Africa and Canterbury University in Aotearoa New Zealand was in the field of Linguistics, focusing on the interface of syntax of sociolinguistics, and on child language development and impairment. Ondene moved into the ITP sector in 2016, and has held various roles at EIT and Te Pūkenga in programme development, academic quality assurance, management, and network-wide programme unification. Ondene has a keen interest in figuring out how the full potential of WIL may be harnessed for the benefit of both ākonga and industry, optimising graduates’ work readiness. She believes that key to this endeavour is utilising an appropriate range of types of WIL, each with its own academic merits and catering to students with a variety of needs in terms of academic and pastoral support.